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First, look at what’s coming to HBO Max this week. As a reminder, you can read about what’s new on HBO Max every week with our weekly roundups. The latest Movies scheduled to hit HBO Max this Week are below.
The Batman
Creators: Robert Alonzo, Matt Reeves, Bradley Parker
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Cast: Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Peter Sarsgaard, Andy Serkis
Synopsis: When a sadistic serial killer begins murdering key political figures in Gotham, Batman is forced to investigate the city’s hidden corruption and question his family’s involvement.
Live by Night
Creators: Ben Affleck
Genres: Action, Thriller
Cast: Ben Affleck, Zoe Saldana, Elle Fanning, Sienna Miller, Scott Eastwood, Brendan Gleeson, Anthony Michael Hall
Synopsis: A story set in the Prohibition Era and centered around a group of individuals and their dealings in the world of organized crime.
Inkheart
Creators: Iain Softley
Genres: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Cast: Brendan Fraser, Sienna Guillory, Andy Serkis, Eliza Bennett, Paul Bettany, Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren
Synopsis: An adventure of a father and his young daughter, searching for a long lost book that will help reunite a missing, close relative, this fantasy takes a darker side whenever we hear Mo ‘Silvertongue’ Folchart reading out aloud from books.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Creators: David Yates
Genres:Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Colin Farrell, Carmen Ejogo, Samantha Morton
Synopsis: In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from the briefcase, it sends the American wizarding authorities after Newt, and threatens to strain even further the state of magical and non-magical relations.
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Creators: David Yates
Genres: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler, Jude Law, Ezra Miller, Johnny Depp
Synopsis: In an effort to thwart Grindelwald’s plans of raising pure-blood wizards to rule over all non-magical beings, Albus Dumbledore enlists his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, though he’s unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.
A Dirty Shame
Creators: John Waters
Genres: Comedy
Cast: Tracey Ullman, Johnny Knoxville, Selma Blair, Chris Isaak, Suzanne Shepherd, Mink Stole, Patricia Hearst
Synopsis: Sylvia Stickles runs a convenience store with her husband and mother-in-law. One day, Sylvia is hit on the head and transforms from an uptight prude to a sex-crazed lunatic. As she goes on a rampage through town, Sylvia attracts the attention of Ray Ray, a sexual healer and tow truck driver in search of the world’s greatest orgasm. Their sexual revolution, however, causes a class war in their tiny Baltimore community.
Whiteout
Creators: Dominic Sena
Genres: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht, Tom Skerritt, Columbus Short, Shawn Doyle, Alex O’Loughlin, Joel S. Keller
Synopsis: The only U.S. Marshal assigned to Antarctica, Carrie Stetko (Kate Beckinsale) will soon leave the harsh environment behind for good; in three days, the sun will set and the Amundsen-Scott Research Station will shut down for the long winter. When a body is discovered out on the open ice, Carrie’s investigation into the continent’s first homicide plunges her deep into a mystery that may cost her her own life.
Dune
Creators: Denis Villeneuve
Genres:Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Zendaya, Stellan Skarsgard, Jason Momoa, Stephen McKinley Henderson
Synopsis: Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet’s exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence-a commodity capable of unlocking humanity’s greatest potential-only those who can conquer their fear will survive.
The Astronauts Wife
Creators: Rand Ravich
Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Cast: Johnny Depp, Charlize Theron, Joe Morton, Clea DuVall, Nick Cassavetes, Blair Brown, Tom Noonan
Synopsis: A pair of shuttle astronauts leave their spacecraft to repair a satellite. There’s an explosion. NASA loses contact for two minutes, but the both are rescued and safely returned to Earth. Eventually it becomes evident that neither of the astronauts is quite the same.
King Richard
Creators: Reinaldo Marcus Green
Genres:Biography, Drama, Sport
Cast: Will Smith, Demi Singleton, Saniyya Sidney, Aunjanue Ellis, Jon Bernthal, Tony Goldwyn, Susie Abromeit
Synopsis: Richard Williams serves as a coach to his daughters Venus and Serena, who will soon become two of the most legendary tennis players in history.
